CTN 5, ND 2740 (P224480)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2740 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224480 |
| Museum no. | IM 064145 |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd) |
| Coordinates | 36.1022, 43.3385 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa19 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [To the king], my [lo]rd: [your servant Inurta]-ila'i. [Good health to the k]ing, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | [As to the ...] about whom the king, my lord, [wrote to me ...] a beautiful [da]ughter |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [......] a table |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...... that] I am equipping him |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [...] there is no [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [As to what the king], my [lord], wrote to me |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [...... ev]er sin[ce] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | I descended [......] |
| Reverse [1:4] r 2'2'–r 4'4' | [Regarding] the 30 infantrymen [about whom the king, my lord, wr]ote, [......]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na LUGAL] ⸢EN⸣-ia | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}{d}MAŠ]—DINGIR-a.a | |
| 3 | [lu-u DI-mu a-na] ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ia | |
| 4 | [ina UGU DUMU.MI₂ x x]+⸢x⸣ ša LUGAL\d be-li₂ | |
| 5 | [iš-pur-a-ni x x] ⸢DUMU⸣.MI₂ SIG₅ | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x]+x-i-su\t | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x] {⸢giš⸣}BANŠUR | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ u₂-ša₂-aṣ-bat-šu-ni | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ PA la-aš₂-šu₂\d | |
| 10 | [ina UGU ša LUGAL be]-⸢li₂⸣ iš-pur-a-ni | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x] ⸢TA@v\m E₂⸣ [o] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x]+⸢x at-tu-ur-da⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x ina UGU] 30 {lu₂vy}zu-ki | |
| 3' | [ša LUGAL be-li₂ iš]-⸢pur⸣-a-ni | |
| 4' | [x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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